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… be overwhelming. These small businesses are finding the value in collaborating with other local stores to make social media marketing work for them. “All social media is a funnel,” says Chris Warren, owner of Marjory Warren Boutique in New York City. “You’re trying to get someone to buy something.” Warren connected with other local shops via Townsquared…

… With one game left in the National Football League season—or two, if you’re one of the die-hards who actually watches the Pro Bowl–Instagram detailed the league’s growth on its network. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network said in an email to SocialTimes that the NFL account now has 8.4 million followers, up from 5.3 million…

… be challenging. Much like sales careers, you have to prove yourself before big companies–with big payrolls–will be willing to consider you. Here are some steps you can take to stand out from your competitors and land a prestigious job in social media. Build your own network: Your loyal followers are a big plus. If you have the personality to build a big…

…. Followers see her as a real person who’s likely to respond to messages. That said, we cannot prove that there is a statistically significant difference in responses solely based on who sends DMs to potential leads. Each of our campaigns targets a somewhat different audience using distinct keywords, so there is natural variation in response rate based…

…. According to Youshaei, more than 1,000 creators are topping the 1,000-subscriber mark daily, and he added in the blog post: Any creator or artist with over 1,000 subscribers is eligible to be featured. On the Rise creators and artists will be highlighted based on a bunch of factors including view count, watch time and subscriber growth. Our team is also…

… Facebook’s efforts to bolster its relationships with media and news organizations and journalists continued with Wednesday’s introduction of the Facebook Journalism Project. Director of product Fidji Simo introduced Facebook Journalism Project in a Newsroom post, saying that the initiative has three objectives: collaborative development…

… By David Cohen on Jan. 9, 2017 - 3:00 PM New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady spent some of his free time during his club’s National Football League postseason bye week joining Instagram. Brady had already collected more than 768,000 followers at the time of this post. He used Instagram’s parent company to announce his account, posting the video below via Facebook Live: Readers: What do you expect to see Brady share on Instagram? …

… the general U.S. population. Among that group, 69 percent said they use their smartphones to purchase products more frequently than they did in the past. Nearly one-half of respondents who bought electronics did so online, and one-quarter of that group did so via their smartphones. Instagram also found that: 56 percent of users who follow tech…

…, comments and revines, but video messages and the comments themselves will not be included. Users can also request to download their Vines via email. Jon Russell of TechCrunch also pointed out that Giphy rolled out a tool enabling users to convert Vines to GIFs. Vine users: Are you in mourning? …

… in 2017. I’m talking about the use of micro-influencers within influencer marketing. Earlier this year, Markerly introduced a data study showcasing why micro-influencers are so valuable and why brands should seriously consider utilizing “regular folks” with dedicated social followings to promote their products instead of mega-celebrities that cost…

… Goodbye, Vine: Hello, Vine Camera. Twitter announced in October that it was scrapping Vine, its standalone application that allowed users to create looping 6.5-second videos. The Vine team revealed the next step Friday. In January, the Vine app will be “transitioned’ into a pared-down app called Vine Camera, which will still enable users…

… of an ongoing commitment to user safety. Systrom detailed the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network’s new comment control features: Comments are where the majority of conversation happens on Instagram. While comments are largely positive, they’re not always kind or welcome. Previously, we launched the ability to filter comments based on keywords…

… Selena Gomez absolutely crushed it on Instagram in 2016, accounting for eight of the 10 most-liked posts of the year, with soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo responsible for the other two. Gomez also topped the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network in followers (103 million) and followers added in 2016 (more than 50 million…